Raw is in Huntington, WV, headlined by John Cena; Smackdown is in Pensacola, FL, and NXT shows in Portland, OR, and Gainesville, FL. We're looking for reports on all of those shows to newstips@wrestlingobserver.com.

Sunday has Raw in Lexington, KY, headlined by John Cena and Smackdown in Tallahassee, FL.

UFC ON SUNDAY FROM GLASGOW, SCOTLAND AT THE SSE HYDRO

Fight Pass at Noon Eastern time

Amanda Lemos vs. Leslie Smith

Brett Johns vs. Albert Morales

FS1 at 1 p.m. Eastern time

Danny Henry vs. Daniel Teymur

Galore Bufando vs. Charlie Ward

Alexandre Pantoja vs. Neil Seery

Bobby Nash vs. Danny Roberts

James Mulheron vs. Justin Willis

Paul Craig vs. Khalil Rountree

Ryan Janes vs. Jack Marshman

Paul Felder vs. Stevie Ray

Joanne Calderwood vs. Cynthia Cavillo

Gunnar Nelson vs. Santiago Ponzinibbio

NEW JAPAN G-1 OPENING NIGHT ON SAPPORO AT THE HOKKAIDO SPORTS CENTER AT 2 A.M. LATE SUNDAY NIGHT EASTERN

Some interesting tag matches as the top three are all matches you'd never see on a regular show. Suzuki vs. Omega is to tease their 7/20 singles match main event.

Monday has Raw TV in Nashville. The Kurt Angle mystery is supposed to be solved on Monday night plus Samoa Joe vs. Roman Reigns for the SummerSlam title match is on the show. No Brock Lesnar this week at least at this point. There is also a Smackdown house show in Columbus, GA. John Cena will be on that Smackdown show.

Tuesday has the go-home Smackdown show from Birmingham, AL plus 205 Live. Announced is that they will be bringing the Punjabi Prison to TV, plus Drew Gulak vs. Mustafa Ali in a 2/3 falls match and Jack Gallagher vs. Brain Kendrick are scheduled.

While the question of whether that was actually a double-turn with Roman Reigns and Braun Strowman was the most interesting question coming out of Great Balls of Fire, the biggest long-term issue may be what's next for Samoa Joe after his main event with Brock Lesnar. Lesnar vs. Joe offered few surprises, mostly delivering on what everyone thought it would be. Joe was a credible threat to Lesnar (despite having to cheat to get most of his offense) before losing in about six minutes. The match felt like the big fight that it was built up to be and Joe more than held his own.

New Japan's expansion into the U.S. with the shows over the weekend in Long Beach is the lead story in the new issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Look through the business of the show, the positives, the negatives, the complaints about using ex-WWE talent, the U.S. title tournament, views on the U.S. title, as well as the New Japan plans for early 2018 in the U.S.

Read about examples as to why the early success may not lead to long-term success, indications of how well the show did, where the show was the strongest, which wrestlers had the most mainstream interest on the show, the Omega vs. Rhodes dynamic, and all the controversy regarding the announcing is covered. Plus, there is match-by-match coverage with star ratings and poll results of both the shows.

Check out Impact's rebranding to GFW, the good and the bad of the Slammiversary show, the interesting politics involved, the debut of DeAngelo Williams as well as match-by-match coverage with star ratings and poll results.

This issue talks the WWE security breach reported by Forbes, MSG notes, ideas for big events in 2018 in WWE, new TV show idea, Iron men of 2017 plus who never wins and who never loses, lots of updates on the Mae Young Classic, why Randy Orton will be out for a couple of weeks, experiences of a woman on the WWE writing team, plus the most-watched shows on the WWE Network this past week, WWE company market value, and notes on all the WWE and NXT arena events the past week with highlights and business notes.

Also inside, notes on the pending case against Jim Breaks, the death of his ex-girlfriend, and the details of the case, and notes on the career of Vic Faulkner of the Royal Brothers tag team, who passed away this past week.

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In a week where the entire landscape of the pro wrestling industry is expected to change, the first tree to fall, All Japan Pro Wrestling, at least in the form it has been for the past 28 years, is no more.Tokyo Sports confirmed on 6/12 that the long-rumored split talked about in this publication had started with Mitsuharu Misawa, the President and top star of the company, resigning on 5/28. The news was kept quiet by all parties until the end of the tour and they were hoping to keep it quiet for several more days in an attempt to present a smoother public transition.

SATURDAY NEWS UPDATE

WWE

At last night's Mae Young Classic tapings, Triple H presented Sara Amato (Sara Del Rey) with a bouquet of flowers and credited her for starting the women's revolution in WWE. Stephanie McMahon wrote on Instagram: "#ThankYouSara for all of your sacrifices on the independent circuit all around the world, helping pave the way for women's wrestling, and ensuring its future as the first women's coach and assistant Head Coach in @wwe. #WeAreNXT #WomensWrestling #maeyoungclassic #WeAreReady"

The second round, quarterfinals, and semifinals for the Mae Young Classic were taped last night, with two non-tournament matches being filmed as well. The first four episodes will be uploaded to the WWE Network on August 28th, then the second batch will be available starting on September 4th. The finals will air live on the WWE Network after SmackDown on September 12th. Our JJ Williams has spoilers from the first and second nights of the tapings.

Drew Gulak sent an in-character message to the Mae Young Classic competitors.

People posted an article on Renee Young and Daniel Bryan tweeting that WWE didn't tell them about Talking Smack's cancelation as a weekly series before releasing their statement about it. Bryan claimed: "I come online to support #SamiForSyria and find this out. I'm the GM!!! Nobody tells me anything!!!"

The Miz wrote about the end of Talking Smack: "RIP #TalkingSmack I enjoyed the freedom this show gave @wwe talent to showcase what they could do @ReneeYoungWWE brought the best out of all"

Mick Foley posted on Facebook about visiting a dying fan named Dillon and Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair taking time out of their day to talk to Dillon during the visit.

The wildest facial expressions made by wrestlers are the subject of this week's WWE top 10 list on YouTube.

Pro Wrestling

NJPW held its annual pre-G1 Climax press conference last night, which always gets attention for the wrestler's fashion choices and their reactions to each other. Highlights included Kazuchika Okada and others trying not to laugh at Toru Yano and Kenny Omega's reaction to Kota Ibushi. NJPW uploaded the full press conference for free on YouTube.